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Letters Patent No. 92,1334, dated June 29, 1869.

IMPROVED FQLDINGCHAIR The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and 'making part cf the same.

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. WIEDEMANN, of

the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and im proved Folding and Reclining Easy-Chair; and I do hereby declare' that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication.

This invention consists in a novel construction of lau easy-chair, whereby the same may be converted at pleasure into a reclining-chair, and whereby it `may -also be folded into a compact form for transportation or storage.

Figure 1, referring to the accompanying drawings, represents a side view ofan easy-chair, constructed according to my invention;

, Figure 2 represents a similar view of the same when converted into a reclining-chair; and

Figure 3 represents it as folded for transportation or storage.

Similar letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

A is the seat of the chair.

B and G, the legs, crossing each other, and pivoted together, where they cross, by pivots f f, somewhat similar to the ordinary camp-stool, whilethe legs B B, extending with a slight forward inclination, above the seat, serve to form'the back of the chair.

The seat A is hinged, at its'front edge, to the. upper ends. of the legs C C, whereby it may bc forwardly turned, when desirable, a slightv forward projection thereof being left beyond the hinges, to serve asa means of support to the seat, when thus turned, by resting yagainst the legs, as shown in fig. 2.

The outer edges of the rear portion of said seat are provided with hooks or-notches, a a, for locking with or over studs a. a', projecting laterally from a point at or near thecentral portion of the combined leg and back-pieces BB. The space between saidV combined leg and back- To convert the easy-chair into arecliningchair, the hooks a a are disengaged from the studs alt' by slightly elevating that portion ofthe seat, vwhereupon the legs B and C are allowed to separate at the top and botof the chair to recline.

The lower or hinged portion b of the cushioned lling b b is then moved upward or outward at the hottom and the seat turned over on its hinges, bringing thebevelled surface of its hinged edge under a correspondingly bevelled surface upon the' lower end of the saidcushioned filling b b', a hook or projection, j, upon the one locking into arecess, j', in the other.

The seat A is or may becushioned upon its under side also, as, by th'im-'ersion'of the se'atfsaid:surface is brought into use while the chair is in its reclining position.

Pivoted legs or supports g g, provided to the seat A, for supporting it while in this position, and for preventing the forward tilting ofthe as illustrated in red outline, may be made to answer the same purpose.

The chair may be folded into a compact form for transportation or storage, or for other desirable purpose, by disengaging the hooks a a. and turning the B and C together, so as to bring the seat and back of the chair incontact with each other, as illustrated in tie. 3. l

What I claim Vas my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv `Y 1. The seat A, hinged to the legs C C, so as to be capable of either a. folding orextending motion, and provided with hooks or notches a c, in combination stantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with the 'seat A and hinged piece b', of the combined back and bottom b b', the hook j, and recess j', substantially as and for the pur. pose herein set forth.

` Y CHARLES A. WIEDEMANN. Witnesses: y FRED. HAYNES,

THEO. L. MICHEL.

toni, turning upon the pivots j' f, and causing the backY tig. 2, are or may bc-v chair; or fixed arms, suitably applied to the said seat,

seat A, as previously described, and folding the legs Iwith the leg and back-pieces B, and studs af a', sub- 

